Everex officially announced new mini desktop gPC. This little baby features 1.83GHz T2130 processor, 120GB HDD, Intel’s GMA950 graphics, 512MB of DDR2 RAM and DVD writer. There were room for gigabit Ethernet, DVI / S-Video outs, FireWire, four USB 2.0 ports, 4-in-1 multicard reader and audio in/out. If you decide to get it for $499 bucks, keep it in mind that gPC comes with gOS, Linux flavor, preinstalled. In stores near you in March.
Rumors says that HP has contracted with Wistron to ships about two million UMPC 2133 units this year which is about 10% of HP’s worldwide laptop sales or even more if you compare it with sales of EeePC or Samsung’s Q1. With the $630 price this is quite solid UMPC that will fit all your needs into 8.9 inch low-cost sub-notebook.
Toshiba revealed new pair of 1.8 inch hard drives most likely designed for portable media players. Both 120GB MK1216GSG and 80GB MK8016GSG are designed to the latest SATA 2.6 specification and feature the micro-SATA connector. Running on 5,400 RPM, 8MB cache and a 489 Mbits/sec data transfer rate, those little drives weights just 62 grams. Unfortunately we don’t know the release that or prices.
Dell officially released its XPS 630 gaming desktop with support for the Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA), that was originally announced at CES last January. Casing is ready for ATI CrossFire and NVIDIA SLI graphics and support Intel’s Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Extreme processors on the nForce 650i SLI chipset. Also there are space for up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, 1TB of hard disk space and option for Blu-ray drive and AGEIA PhysX accelerator, six USB 2.0 ports and 19-in-1 media card reader. As for connectors there are gigabit Ethernet, audio in / out, FireWire and PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors. Available right now for $1,249.